One of my favourite discoveries of last year was the Myers-Briggs personality test. I had recently joined a new company…
By Eric Z — get more of him here and HERE.
M. Scott Peck
On 17 April 2015 I worked my final day in the corporate job I had called my career for nearly 12 years. The following day I threw a big…
What a deeply profound and interesting question cloaked in simplicity. If someone that didn’t know you asked you to tell them about yourself, how would you respond? Would you give a list of your qualifications? Try to expound upon your personality: shy, adventurous, outgoing?
I still remember it as if it were yesterday. 383 Madison Avenue. The year was 2007. As I waited in the corner office, I peered down at the city below. I saw a myriad of suited bodies bustling from corner to corner and felt excited by the energy.
Yesterday evening I felt like spending time with my partner but he preferred to work instead. Today…
By Xavier Echon
“Nothing is more simple than greatness…
Why finding happiness may be easier than you think.
After overcoming some huge personal barriers and publishing my first ever Medium article, I thought it quite fitting to…
“Bad habits are like a…
(Originally published in Cropped Issue #1: http://www.wearecropped.com/001)
(The Reintegration Challenge)
I recently stumbled upon this venn-diagram the other day. As I experiment with self-employment, I have found myself coming…
From a google search it appears that in 2013 there were 7. 125 billion people in the world, 7.125 billion! This blog is for all those that need to understand that not everyone will like you and that is okay. Let me say that again, not everyone will like you and that is okay. The…
God created this universe.
The animals as well as the human beings have the life force within them. They all can breathe, eat, reproduce, see, hear, feel and smell too.
For the vast majority of my life, except for rare and short moments, I’ve been feeling out of place.
I am very good at adapting so I kept this feeling in check. Nobody would know that I hated the study I did. I didn’t understand or share the concern and values of my fellow…
This is just another day, light’s entering through the vent, birds chirping and I just had an early breakfast after…
I’m not much of a music historian…
You don’t have to be one to know that it’s not unusual for a band to lose a few members along the way toward releasing a hit.
June, Inc. the parent company of www.joinjune.com formed officially in June of…
Twenty-six years is a long time to stay in one job. Yet, when I thought about leaving my position as director of educational outreach at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center in South Florida, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I loved what I did and felt privileged to be working…
Muitas vezes as escolhas não saem como esperado e as coisas tomam um rumo diferente do planejado. Isso é…
April 25, 2016.
This is going to sound like a strange comparison, but stay with me.
I take high blood pressure meds. Not a high dose, but still I have to take them. I remember starkly the day that damaged my heart. My cells tell me all about the period of time I spent with a drug addict whose choice way to shake up the world was to…
Kodaikanal, a hill station in south India, is my happy place. That sweet spot halfway…
A good photograph can go a long way in conveying the truth of a person. His or her…
Remember when we used to act like there’s no one home yet the salesman somehow knew and keep on knocking and banging the door? Whether you like it or not you need to get up and answer it -with two obvious output, whether you gonna buy it or not. But we all…
I will never forgive you for this. These are biting words from the ego, intended to project…
If you’re reading this, you’re probably an American, which of course means that when you…
The MC life is one of old school traditions and we approach this as a lifestyle from our heart and soul. You are now in the process of proving that you are of the same mindset, have the same deepness of loyalty, and love of this life as we do. This is not an easy task. You must not only…
In case we don’t get tomorrow, I need you to know that i’m sorry. Leaving and hurting you was never my…
One lunchtime in 2010 I was walking up Wardour Street in London’s Soho when I thought that the guy…
“There is only one kind of giving that can truly satisfy a man.”
said the priest, who was more practical about the ways of world than all other men who came at that small temple.
Native American blood, hard and Kentuckian, has flushed his face for a lifetime of…
Let me prefix this with the fact I am not a guru, I don’t know what I am doing, I’m “only 23”, I haven’t done anything typically notable or puts in me in a position worthy of giving advice. However, if there is one person I am more than qualified to give…
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최근에 블로그를 둘러보다가 굉장히 유익한 글을 발견해서 작성자(Jason Fried)의 허락을 맡고 짤막하게 번역해서 올린다. 오역이나 의역에 관해서는 얼마든지 지적해주기를 바란다.
I’ve never been able to buy into people. I’m always teetering on the fence, between emotion and rationale. I’m so late in the game now that everything feels like a potentially embarrassing moment, but I also accept that if I lost every thought in my mind suddenly, inexplicably, that everything would be…
Gift-giving — it’s not just traditional, but universal as well! The practice has been with us since time memorial. It is as true as our urge to breathe, eat, and sleep, and as old has human civilisation, perhaps. It is a global…
So, about two months ago my ex and I broke up, and I thought life was going to be a roller coaster that only goes up from there on. Oh, how naive I was to think life would be perfect after ending a two year long relationship with a person I’ve never felt such a way for. Oddly…
Yesterday I wrote a post about the importance of having a set of nice professional portrait shots to hand…
I don’t get nervous about job interviews. When I figured out that Mom’s advice about just being yourself was really and truly the best way to approach, well, everything, I really leaned into it. I flounce into interviews with good posture, a style that says I give a shit but I don’t try…
Last August I walked into my doctor’s office, listened to him clear his throat and say — “Adam, you have Thyroid…
I recently returned to my hometown in Minnesota after spending 7 months in Peru. There have been some pretty big changes. Not only in the way people perceive me but also the way I perceive my family friends and American culture at large.
About a year ago I wrote my first article on LinkedIn. This wasn’t about strategy or operations or about…
Back in 1995, Dr Pramod Vasant Potnis with 3 other colleagues decided that they would spend one weekend every month travelling to the neighbouring villages around Mumbai and provide the local residents with free medical services. As a kid, younger than 10 years old, I wondered why dad would want to do this every…
First impressions count, this is why social media housekeeping is so important. Because the internet adds another dimension to our lives giving people…
A work in progress.
My last post, an “Open Letter to My Upper Management” has led to quite a shift in my life. It’s as if the wind has decided to blow in another direction. A tad cliché maybe, but true nonetheless.
The incredulous nature of life, and our environment, is undeniable. We human enmities attempt speech, irreverently bleeding our hearts into transparent phrases, and our nuances fail to exude the proper confidence, leaving us lonely and brazen. Our physiology desires much, but this attraction is forlorn…
In this world full of pretentious, judgmental people and hypocrites, it is hard to be yourself more than ever.
If you’re unhappy with where you’re going, take the next exit and go someplace else. If you think your career is shit and you…
As we think about it, to reach a certain point of stability, atom needs to eliminate its electron and transfer it to another atom that needs it to stabilise itself. Or else, they share the electrons — they use it together at the same time. This is an evidence of a fundamental concept of sharing. God has applied…
As a boyI learnedTo build walls
NowWith bloody fistsAnd bricksAt my backI wish I hadLearned toTear them down
Look at a Lego piece, and you realize that it’s a tiny, trivial thing. A stiff bit of plastic, monochromatic and meaningless if considered singly. But if you select the right pieces and put them together in a thoughtful manner, you can build amazing creations, works of art even. Or you can carelessly…
We all get 24 hours in a day.
Some use theirs to build a modern supersonic jet.
Some spend theirs on Netflix (not judging),
Thank you for writing this. Too many things to comment on here, but we live in a world where being black is a relative disadvantage that can’t be mentioned without downside, all at the cost of 200% more work, mostly taken up with metal conformity. But, in the end, with enough hard work, and strong wits to resentment, we can be allowed to have the…
I came across a challenge to write an essay on the topic Why. I thought about the things that crossed my mind when I read this word. For me, in a split second so many fleeting thoughts came in mind. All of my unanswered heart breaks, unanswered curiosities and amused questions in few seconds of reading this three…
“I was scared.”
“I was scared of being alone and not having a family because I was raised in a united home.”
“I was scared because I was so dependent on my husband that I doubted my own strength and abilities.”
J’ai sauté le pas. J’ai fait un trait sur mon cv, et j’ai décidé de remplir une autre feuille…
I called two of my seniors
Sher Ali: A graduate of UET from 2008 session pursued his degree in city and regional planning, wanted to be an entrepreneur and he has recently started his own business in…
I woke up this morning on the “right” side of the bed, both literally and figuratively. I wouldn’t say this was…
Work/life balance is one of the most important things in your life.
Here is a piece of advice: Work to live. Don’t live to work.
Enjoy the small things in life. Take a moment to appreciate what you have accomplished so far.
There’s a poster up at the front of the room with a cartoon mouse painting at an easel, and the words “Express Yourself!” But…
At first they’re great. You can’t get enough of them. You can barely stand to let them out of your sight. But after a while you start to feel sick. When you’ve had too much too quickly, you will start to feel nauseous. You need to have them in small doses.
I had the same trouble as like Sir Benjie, when I passed my secondary education, I got admission in Uswa Cadet College Islamabad for Higher education, where I used to get one and half month vocation in the whole year so it become initially very difficult for me…
Sources of Fears and Anxieties
Is it possible at all to overcome completely or banish fear and exaggerated insecurity from our world? If we could the human race will be perfectly happy.
Children have two fears, falling down and loud noises. They pass through these childhood fears and for the most…
Summer is coming up, and it’s our last summer vacation before we head off to college. Some of us will be making good use of that time, while some of us will just be chilling at home watching Netflix all day. Don’t be that person to let your summer…
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A couple of days ago, in the middle of a long stretch of production work, we were reminded of a fact that gets really easy to ignore: the smallest projects can be great.
It’s a movie we all know and love. Michael J. Fox is the iconic Marty McFly, sent back in time. The movie…
Minha infância foi meganormal, tinha muita televisão, brincadeiras, família em volta e é claro, muitas sonecas. Hoje, eu paro e me lembro sobre como era meu comportamento na escola. Eu era uma criança muito exibida, me ~achava muito, mas isso porque eu era sempre…
Do you have a bucket list?
Awesome. #justdoit
Machine Gun America- A Shooting Range with Something for the Whole Family
A majority of people simply get to hear about shooting ranges but they have never gotten the opportunity to visit one. There are so many of these places all over the country. They are fun for lack of a better word. It is one of those places that you…
Todd, if you are just 26 years old and write as well as you do, and as passionately as you do, I advise not to worry too much of your net worthlessness right now. Just keep writing. Or maybe we should make a video.
We’d been into different challenges everyday especially dealing with our emotions and every time we battle with…
Deciding what to write. So, I browsed through Medium a little and noticed it’s mostly for nerds or nerd like people. Or people with real experience who’re sure they know what they’re talking about. But I’m just going to use Medium to express, rather whine about my work related issues and sometimes, if you…
http://www.wimsguide.com/step-into-the-ring-with-the-trauma-fighter
We all have our definition of someone we hate, a person we would not want to be around with or be known to be associated with in anyway.
Sometimes I think we try so hard trying to be around people we want to be that we…
A loved is diagnosed with a terminal illness…
You lose your job…
A friend leaves you….
6 Ways of Living a Spectacular Life….
1) Commit Yourself
We all strive hard in our day to day life.Out of the cubicle does miracles.Commit yourself to something that you love doing,set up a goal in your life that’s fun.
And sometimes all we need confirmation. Thank you for your post! Much light to you!
Life After Life: The Judgment Life After Life: The Judgment
The LORD will judge…
I’m amazed with how many things I regret doing or things I’ve let slip away. I guess I have three that really stick out.
What you believe is what you get.
Studies show that a person who believes they are truly rich and dying will not recover as much as someone who believe he will get well . Part of cancer therapy nowadays includes the power of positive thinking and how this can…
Who cares if it’s not socially acceptable?
Oooooh, I get it. Life gave her lemons!
I saw a photo of Jay-Z in a publication yesterday which showed him relaxing, smoking a fine cigar and chilling in Miami. He seemed genuinely oblivious to all the ballistic fruit being flung around him. Or, he is very good at feining disinterest. I imagine all celebrities, real or reel…
Something tells me this comes down to the empathizing vs. objectifying problem.
As humans, we have a protective mechanism that makes us distantiate ourselves from other people. If we’re not being conscious about this, we start to treat people as objects.
I want to keep my day empty. I want it to be free from worry, anger, fear, stress, or pressure. I just want to figure out how to keep my day free of the tough stuff and full of the serene.
Realization in 3, 2, 1…:
Crazy how life works 101: I remember growing up and hating my BIG ole lips💋! I swear they are the biggest I have seen thus far (other than my mom’s)😂! I was so ashamed of them but there was absolutely nothing I could possibly do in order to make them smaller. I even struggled with my dark skin (as if I was black as tar). These were just all…
In my second blog I talked about my change from majoring in civil engineering to majoring in corporate financial management. The switch is something I’m very satisfied with. Like I stated in my last blog, I should’ve came to the university undecided. Luckily I switched early enough that…
Well there are lot of moments when we suddenly face a dilemma, whether to act and react on the offensive nature we are recipient of.
Well it would depend on who says it… If the other person is just an acquaintance then a witty reply is definitely something we…
What is it about whiteboards?… I thought it was just control to start with…. holding the ‘talking stick’….but there’s more to it than that…..a sort of magic realm of clarity and possibility…. The chance to visually layout a problem….or challenge….explain the relationship of…
Life is a journey, and each one’s take a different path. Well my path has been like a river, slowly flowing with a few falls and obstacles here and there, till today. It suddenly became a stream, very fast flowing and trying to find an easy way to its destination. So much was introduced…
I can’t see myself.
No, it’s not that; my eyes work just fine, and my one mirror is kept polished. You know, when I care. Rather, what I mean is that my…
Responding to friends after thanking them for the birthday wishes on Facebook:
I forgot to thank everyone for wishing me a happy birthday. I’ve been going through the list of people who did so, and it made me feel awesome. As I was looking through all the posts, I saw that my dog was whimpering and crying over something. I…
We all live in a life that's going at a very fast pace. We want to do a lot of things but sometimes there not enough time to do everything. We often find ourselves at such crossroads. So this is a kind of rant I have towards my life.
hello, we all want something right?, we want to be smarter, we want money, we want a nice house, maybe a girlfriend a boyfriend, and whatever you want, you will always need some extra help to reach your goals.
How do you know you are in love and it’s not just anxiety, I ask? From others, I had heard love to be beautiful, to be kind. I had heard that your entire being would be consumed with happiness and joy upon seeing them. That you would have no worries. All lies, I say. Love is but a hindrance. She…
Knowing I am failing is enough to set me a little over the edge, but in tears and in shock. But having a raging girl who has taken 2 psychology classes tell me that I have dependent personality disorder shot me up so high that I could physically feel the anger in my body. When I feel this anger my first thought is “ just fucking kill yourself, do it…
Guidlines for professional working;
While it’s different for everyone, anxiety can be a devastating ailment that destroys personal and social enjoyment. The subject is still sensitive for me but sometimes you must share your struggles to fully move on from them — and maybe it’ll help a few others in the process. I…
9 Things You Need to Stop Expecting From Others…
Most of Us Get Disappointed When our Expectations are Not Met. Don’t Expect Others to Do the Things you…
The quest begins where the known is left behind.
An Education professor at Lynchburg University died of cancer today.
58-year-old Elizabeth Billson had taught for 36 years. Unfortunately she lost her ten year fight with cancer today.
Spot on. This is the reason why some businesses succeed, even after failing over and over again at first. It’s because they treat their customers as people, and they are passionate about the end-experience of the customer first, rather than milking them for money. Think for example…
Dream…..Keep It Moving
I’m laying in my bed staring at the ceiling mad as hell
Silently yelling does anyone want to hear the story I have to tell
Let me introduce myself my name is Dream and I’m one of four
God, Ancestors, I thank You in this very moment for being able and willing to deal with me. I know I’m one stubborn cookie. Thank You for showing Your grace and mercy on my Life EVERYDAY! Thank you for the opportunity to do this. Thank You for allowing me, a 5'5, 27 year old Puerto Rican woman, at…
Thank you God! In this gift, I learned giving up is not an option!!!!!!!!!!!!
Want To Learn To Fish? Try These Tips!
Because of its potential to provide unrivaled relaxation, as well as tangible rewards, fishing is a pastime that is loved by many. In order to truly immerse yourself into the delights of the hobby, it is essential to learn as much as possible about techniques and equipment. Put the…
we get so focused on satisfying our needs that we forget one of the most important gifts of life. Other people. Great article, great life lesson, great writting!
Great Read/Share: Two Ways To Deal with People Who Tick You Off (One Works Every Time)…
Stress free, peaceful and relaxed. Everything comes so easy that you dont need to focus your energy. Your energy is unlimited, infinite. You feel like you are everything, everything…
There are a lot of rap artists from the early 2000s who I wonder about, most of whom seem to be out of the loop…
Being an African-American woman, I was always told that I was…
Only 200? Too modest. I’m not being sarcastic. I’ve come to see diversity as the future once this white empire inevitably consumes itself by competitive stupidity fandom. One day, maybe we’ll all be “just folk”, but these kinds of changes are going to take generations and still more meaningful, passionate conflicts to overcome and learn from. We’ve…
7 years as a model manager / Mum / big sister / mentor / psychologist has given me quite the insight into teenagers and twenty-somethings in today’s age. What consistently floors me is that despite modelling being a profession the is often aspired to, those chosen few…
I have been working with my client for more than a year now. She had been great even though she has dementia. My co workers are what bothers me. Two does not talk to one another because of a petty issue and pride. I do not like it…
Thank you for sharing this post
You don’t fit in your own world, how are you supposed to fit out there?
Have compassion. But don’t go around and try to help everyone. You can’t help everyone! People will come to you and expect you to help them. Help them only if you can. Tell them honestly if you can’t. Don’t help until you also need to…
This is fantastic. I don’t have a problem fitting in and I actually teach people how to network, but learned a few things from your article and was reminded of a few things I forgot. Everyone should read this.
Enjoy the Feel of the World’s Most Powerful Machine Guns in Orlando
Who does not love a good adrenaline rush? There are so many activities that give that adrenaline experience that many people only long for. Some people choose to go bungee jumping while others choose to go cliff diving. The option that you take is totally…
You broke me in a way I can’t explain
Everyday I felt like I was being dragged by a truck or a train
I begin to see the picture of myself you painted
The real me became more and more fainted
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Some things are more obvious than others and still remain hidden for the simple person or a person that is not thinking at all times. Or not thinking at all. Well, at any moment this could be you. It happens to me more than a few times that I would like to admit. You go through…
And that’s exactly why many will do it. They will look at that statement about statistical improbability, throw their fists up in an ‘I’ll show you' pump and see it as the challenge that they must face if they are to be an entrepreneur of any note or influence. They will do exactly the opposite of what you’re imploring them not to do/who to be…
10 Simple Patterns of the Most Insanely Successful People…
Simple & Proven Patterns Determined by Numerous In-Person Interviews of Insanely Successful…
So I’ve officially now lived the scariest part of my childhood and the scariest part of my adult life.
My childhood horror story = mauled by a 90 lb. Rottweiler at age 5. Woo! Survived that with a few scars and some settlement money.
We all fall short of our own expectations. That’s why self-help is so popular.
Doesn’t matter how high position you may reach in life, or how successful and important you may become, you’ll always be the same careless child for your mom.
the cliff of doubt
when making a pivotal change in life, emotions run in their own life cycles. one of these emotions i am examining today is: self-doubt
the three phases of self-doubt
one (the ascent): the external (friends/family/even randos) disapprovals and approvals of…
There’s a certain honesty to my lies… tah, ain’t that the truth ..
My life has been chaos for more years than I can remember now. Every day I attack life relentlessly trying to…
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